Drip and trim molding



Feb. 17, 1931. J. B. ZIMMERS DRIP AND TRIM MOLDING Filed May 10, 1927 Jive/afar (JOSE/$2 Patented Feb. 17, 1931 UNITED. T T S;

aosEPH-B. ZIMMERS, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNORibF tame oiymHUNbBnn'rns T WILMA M. ZIMMERS, THIRTY ONE HUNDBEDTHSTQ ANNA; L. HEBBOIN, TWENTY ONE-HUNDREDTI-IS 'IO OLLIE. HERBON,

HIMSELF,'ALL OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS DRII' Ann rRIm-MoInntG z V I Application fi led May 10, 1927. seri lize. 190,350.

My invention pertains to a finishing molding for vehicles, and more especially to the types of molding and drip trough used on closed body automobiles near thetop where the fabric covering the top ordinarily ends on a side near the top. I V

The primary object of my device is to construct a molding for the purposes described which shall be simple in construction, easy of application and forming a complete finish in and of itself.

V The accompanying drawing illustrates an embodiment of my invention in which Fig. 1

is an elevation of a section of anupper-portion ofthe body of anautomobile. Fig. 2 1s ,a' cross section of Fig. 1 at arrows 2'2, showing the. device attached and complete. Fig. 3

is similar to Fig. 2, except that it shows the position of the molding after being attached. but prior to pressing the cover into position. Fig. 4 is a cross section of Fig. 1 at arrows 4 -4, showing the trim molding without a drip extension. Fig. 5 is similar to Fig. 4,

except that the covering portion of the molding is shown after attachingand prior to it being pressed into finished shape. y

In the manufacture, construction and use of the automobile, it is very well known that several features of importance have to be considered in the molding ordinarily used and applied at or near the upper edge ofthe body A wherethe top fabric B is attached to the body, and where the doors must be pro,- tected against inclement weather conditions. As illustrated, the device consists of a base portion 6 which has attaching means 7 spaced along its area. Unitary with and extending I 7' from a portion 10 of the face wall of the base 6, I provide a portion 8 having a slightly hooked end 9. The article is so devised that it may be easily attached at 7 to the body A of an automobile; the portion 8 being so devised 81is so devised as to thickness that whenv it is'closed over the attaching means Ta clearance space is provided for clearing the attaching means. I provide a relief 13 where man IwEn'IY 'on'n-nunnnnnrns TO the metal is thin to accomplish easy manipu I lation of the member 8 yet providing fora solid smooth surface when the lip 8 is pressed up into finished position. The molding trim form may be used in reversal/from that I preferably manufacture the artishown cle of a'metal which is readily extrudable and a somewhat'pliant. I show an extension of a portion of the base 6 forming a drip trough Y is by simply attaching the outer base portion i of the article to a body andthen pressing the portion8 up into a'position where 8 covers the over 12 lip 11.. The method of installing the article attaching means and 9 forms a shelf for the throwing'off'o f moisture.

The presentinvention is an improvement upon the invention set out and claimed in the co-pending application of Leo L. Williams,

Ser. No. 23 1,288, filed November 18,1927, on I Molding for automobile bodies and the like.

I do not limit myself to the specific detail as shown and described, and am only limited by the scope of my claims.

Iclaim: i V V, 1. An article of manufacture comprising a molding of pliable extruded metalconsisting of a base portion havingattaching means spaced along thelength of the base portion:

unitaryv with the base and-projected from a I V point'substantially central'ofthe base, a flyshoulder, the length of the flying bridge portion being such that when the base isattached to a body the flying bridgeportion may be ing bridgeiportion extending outwardly from F the face thereof terminating in a" depending pressed to a position bridging the" attaching means, the depending shoulder portion being adapted to lie adjacent to and lap over a longitudinal edge ofthebase portion, covering the attaching means and the end of the base portion whereby toform an uninterrupted surface. t o 2'. An article of manufacture constructed of a narrow, iongitudinal strip of malleable.

metal comprising on a base a longitudinal i 8 portion having an enlargedbodyand extend- 7 ing outward-therefrom a 'drip trough; at a substantially central point ofthe base por longitudinal edge of theattachingportion of thebtelwlie'ntli 'aid 'fiying bridge portion is pressed iifto' final position wherebyto form a' s'urffie'uperfi'cially "solid longitudinally. I

Signed at Chicago,'Illinois, May 7th, 1927. i

JOSEPH B. ,ZlMMERS- 

